yum and linked libs

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 11:07:39AM -0400, William Hooper wrote:
> david walcroft said:
> > Does yum have problems with links (ln -s)
> 
> Nope.  Yum uses the RPM database, not the file system.
> 
> > updating mplayer from atrpms
> > and this happens
> > 
> > Package mplayer needs libGL.so.1, this is not available.
> > Package mplayer needs libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1, this is not available.
> > 
> > 
> > So I ls -l on the libs
> 
> This won't do you any good because you haven't updated the RPM
> database.  You need to either install the packages to provide the
> correct files or (if you already have installed them) report a but
> to atrpms that their package doesn't work.


The packages do work. ... :)

$ rpm -q --whatprovides libGL.so.1
nvidia-graphics5336-libs-1.0_5336-59.rhfc2.at
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.7.0-5
nvidia-graphics6106-libs-1.0_6106-60.rhfc2.at
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